Resources

• Biographical Sketch: Details and what must be included for senior personnel
• Common Form
• NSF requires a biographical sketch for each individual identified as senior personnel.
• Biographical Sketch requirements
• 3-page document including the certification language (included on the SciENcv template).
• Must use SciENcv, as of October 23, 2023
• FAQ on using SciENcv

If your senior/key personnel are using the fillable format for biographical sketch, NSF now requires the listing of Professional Preparation in reverse chronological order (most recent position first, with undergrad last in the list). Please see the most recent PAPPG for information.

• Current & Pending (Other) Support: Details and what must be included for senior personnel
• Common Form
• NSF C & P (Other Support) Guidance Information
• Must disclose all current project support from whatever source (includes internal support)
• Now includes certification language where the typed signature must be included (no adding electronic signatures).
• FAQ on C & P Disclosures [February 2023]

• NSF Pre- and Post-award disclosures Matrix [January 2024]

No-cost extension requests are routed via Research.gov under Awards & Reporting - Notifications & Requests.

• The justification for the extension must be clearly outlined.
• Grantee-approved extension requests must be submitted at least 10 days prior to award expiration.
• NSF-approved extension requests must be submitted at least 45 days priors to award expiration.
• Keep in mind you cannot request an extension if there is a $0 or negative balance.
• 2nd NCEs must also be submitted prior to the end of the period of performance (at least 45 days) and will always require NSF approval.
• Third NCEs are unusual, but not un-allowed. In certain circumstances, an extension beyond a 1st and 2nd is necessary and discussions would have occurred between your PI and the Program Officer prior to submitting this type of request.

• NSF FAQ on Safe and Inclusive Work Environments
• NSF Presentation: Safe and Inclusive Working Environments: PILOT Plan Listening Session

• Module 1: Introduction to Research Security
  Learn key concepts of research security, how to recognize situations that may indicate undue foreign influence, and employ tools to protect your own work and safeguard the core values that underpin U.S. academic research.
  
  
• Module 2: The Importance of Disclosure
  Understand federal funding agency disclosure requirement, including types of information that must be disclosed, how that information is used and why such disclosures are fundamental to safeguarding U.S. research from foreign government interference and exploitation.
  
  
• Module 3: Manage and Mitigate Risk
  Identify types of international collaborative research and professional activities, associated potential risks, and strategies and best practices for managing and mitigating such risk.

• Module 4: The Importance of International Collaboration
  Learn strategies on how to balance principled international collaboration with research security concerns, as well as how to foster an open, welcoming research environment that fulfills research security needs.

NSF Research Security Training

[Source: DOE Office of Science communication, 2/6/2024]

• NSF Biographical Sketch video tutorial
• NSF Current & Pending (Other) Support video tutorial
• SciENcv help guide with NSF-specific section (includes screenshots and step-by-step instructions)
• Using SciENcv Frequently Asked Questions
• SciENcv demo recording from June 2023 NSF Grants Conference (demo starts at the 23:49 minute marker)

• Writing a Letter of Interest/Intent or a Letter of Inquiry (LOI)
• Constructing an outreach email to an agency's Program Officer
• Referring to NSF's Broader Impacts
• Differentiating between a PD/PI, Multiple PI, a Co-PI, & and Co-Investigator
• Applying for programs with a Limited Submission
• Finding Upcoming Internal Awards
• USF General Information Blurb
• Accessing the USF Data Management Open Access Storage Narrative
• Understanding Summer Salaries, Teaching Buyouts, Cost-Sharing
• Finding my Unit Research Administrator (URA)
• Institutional Fact Sheet (e.g., DUN's number, etc.)
• Locating budget information related to F & A and Salaries and Wages, Fringe Benefits, Equipment, Travel, Participant Support Costs, Sub-Awards, Other Direct Costs, Facilities and Administrative Costs (Indirect Costs), and Other Budget Considerations fringe benefits
• Understanding Subcontract Awards